1 Kings 2:32

2:32 May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed; ¹  behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he ²  – Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

1 Kings 3:6

3:6 Solomon replied, “You demonstrated ³  great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served ⁴  you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. ⁵  You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne. ⁶ 

1 Kings 8:25

8:25 Now, O Lord, God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, ‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, ⁷  provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’ ⁸ 

¹ tn Heb “The Lord will cause his blood to return upon his head.”

² tn Heb “because he struck down two men more innocent and better than he and he killed them with the sword, and my father David did not know.”

³ tn Heb “did.”

⁴ tn Heb “walked before.”

⁵ tn Heb “in faithfulness and in innocence and in uprightness of heart with you.”

⁶ tn Heb “and you have kept to him this great loyalty and you gave to him a son [who] sits on his throne as this day.”

⁵ tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”

⁶ tn Heb “guard their way by walking before me as you have walked before me.”